Who We AreLeadership & Organization Senior Leadership
Lurie Children's Senior Leadership
Thomas P. Shanley, MD
President & Chief Executive Officer
Derek Wheeler, MD
Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
Brenda Davis
Interim Chief Financial Officer
Matthew M. Davis, MD, MAAP
Executive Vice-President and Chief, Community Health Transformation – Patrick M. Magoon Institute for Healthy Communities
Lisa Dykstra
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Susan Hayes Gordon
Senior Vice President & Chief External Affairs Officer
Kary McIlwain
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing & Communications Officer,
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Foundation
Max Siegel
Chief Compliance and Integrity Officer
Brian Stahulak, DNP
Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
Santhanam Suresh, MD, MBA
Senior Vice President & Chief of Provider Integration
Scott Wilkerson, CPA
Senior Vice President & Chief Integration and Business Development Officer
Audrey Williams-Lee
Senior Vice President & Chief People Officer
Fatema Zanzi, Esq.
Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer
Adeola Oduwole, MSc
Vice President & Chief of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Krista Tartoni
Chief of Staff to President & CEO
Grant Stirling, PhD
President & Chief Development Officer,
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Foundation
Patrick Seed, MD, PhD
President & Chief Research Officer,
Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute
Brenda Paulsen, MEd, FACHE
Chief Operating Officer
Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute
Debbie Grisko, RN
President & Executive Director,
Almost Home Kids
Department Chairs
Matthew M. Davis, MD, MAPP
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Founders’ Board Centennial Professor in Pediatrics
Executive Vice-President and Chief, Community Health Transformation – Patrick M. Magoon Institute for Healthy Communities
Olutoyin A. Olutoye, MD
Chair, Department of Pediatric Anesthesia
Elizabeth J. Perlman, MD
Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD
Chair, Department of Surgery
Cynthia K. Rigsby, MD
Chair, Department of Medical Imaging
John T. Walkup, MD
Chair, Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health